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Thursday, August 21, 2008  Who calls the shots in your backyard? Not you.  City politicians call Chicago a national model for how to involve the public in real estate development debates. But the view from the streets of the city's neighborhoods is markedly different. When a longtime homeowner tried to speak up at the only City Council hearing on a project in his Far North Side neighborhood, aldermen threatened to toss him from the room for trying to ask questions. "I'm feeling like chopped liver," Hugh Devlin, who lives in the 50th Ward, said after the council  Read more ​  Monday, August 11, 2008  WEDNESDAY  7:00PM 08/20/08!!!  Join us at 7:00PM at Christ Church of Chicago, 6047 N. Rockwell Ave on Wednesday August 20th, 2008. (corner of Glenlake and Rockwell) as we continue in our efforts to improve the quality of life in West Ridge.   Our committees continue their work that focuses on Streets and Sanitation, Safety and Vacant buildings. 
 For more information call Emily at 773-583-1387 North Side Alliance Together We Can Make A Difference!  Read more ​  Monday, August 11, 2008  Get out the Vote!  In the July 30th meeting, the North Side Alliance committed to participate in a voter registration and Get Out the Vote drive in the 50th Ward. This is an exciting opportunity to meaningfully grow our community's power and set the stage to make lasting change in West Ridge.   Volunteers are immediately needed to canvass the upcoming Indian & Pakistani Independence Day parades, 8/16 & 8/17.   Volunteer schedule:
Saturday, Aug. 16 - Canvassing on Devon from 10:45 - 3:20, 3:00 – 5:20, 5:40 – 7:  Read more ​  Thursday, July 31, 2008  Good news to report!  Mr. Howard N. attended the North Side Alliance Community meeting on 05/29/08, here's what he has to say about changes he's seen since then.....   "I'd like to make note  that since our big meeting at Clinton School   I have noticed the following:  greater police presence, faster response time, landscaping at Clinton School, wrought iron fencing installed at the school, more street cleaning and more importantly, more trash being picked up by the neighbors!  The point:  although there are still  Read more ​  Thursday, July 31, 2008  Our Fill of Potholes.  Our Alderman Berny Stone sacrificed more than a year's worth of pothole filling, street-light installations, and sewer repairs in the 50th ward to better the lives of those North of Howard. After years of tossing menu dollars around like manhole covers, Stone lets lose the flood gates - in the 49th Ward!     Read more about how the residents of the 50th ward are being sold short!   http://howardwatchers.blogspot.com/2008/07/thank-you-berny-stone.html   Attend our next meeting, August 20th   A  Read more ​  8C0EE0DB-AD62-4806-8EFB-1E72AA7924C7.html8C0EE0DB-AD62-4806-8EFB-1E72AA7924C7.html8C0EE0DB-AD62-4806-8EFB-1E72AA7924C7.html1DDA147D-788A-411E-BA57-EF3E7221CE9B.html1DDA147D-788A-411E-BA57-EF3E7221CE9B.html1DDA147D-788A-411E-BA57-EF3E7221CE9B.html2E320741-13EC-4B34-9E03-BC7AB8EF5018.html2E320741-13EC-4B34-9E03-BC7AB8EF5018.html2E320741-13EC-4B34-9E03-BC7AB8EF5018.html2E527ED8-4D7F-444A-93F3-6784949090A5.html2E527ED8-4D7F-444A-93F3-6784949090A5.html2E527ED8-4D7F-444A-93F3-6784949090A5.html999BF71B-6004-4C3C-9A8F-75B20FAF9E4C.htmlhttp://howardwatchers.blogspot.com/2008/07/thank-you-berny-stone.html999BF71B-6004-4C3C-9A8F-75B20FAF9E4C.html999BF71B-6004-4C3C-9A8F-75B20FAF9E4C.htmlshapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_8shapeimage_3_link_11shapeimage_3_link_13shapeimage_3_link_15
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